Boy Parts

The title of this blog has you interested, right? Hah. Join me as I spin the tale...

Today during Quiet Time for Abby, I checked in on her. She was so excited to share with me some fashion sketches that she drew, you know, like Project Runway? We had just been to the Barbie exhibit yesterday at the museum, where you get to do that for Barbie. She did a computer one and a hand drawn one. Pretty cool. So, back to her sketches today... She did one of a girl, a princess if you will, with a beautiful dress, gloves, and (!) high heels. She was very excited about the gloves and high heels, because that is what princesses wear, Mommy. Duh. AND, she did a sketch of a boy too. Pants, Shirt, and a big ol' "BOY PART" right there, where it is supposed to be. (I think I'm blushing, just typing this.) I asked her why, and her response was so logical, "Because then you know it is a boy." Of course. (and so innocent, right?) Ahem. Maybe if this happens again, I should have a talk about how you can't see it because it is under their clothes? Hmmmm.

(Oh, and I'm not sharing the drawing because it seems a little pornographic to post it. hah.)

Getting out of the house...

... is a good thing. I'm not always good about it, but today I fought it and the girls and I hit the Children's Museum. I decided not to tell Abby what we were doing. I just told her I had to run an errand, which made her really mad because she isn't used to not knowing what we're doing. About half way I told her that it was a surprise and that she'd like it. Her guesses were The Children's Museum, shopping for clothes, or visiting a big building downtown. She was very excited when we pulled into the parking garage for the Museum.

The museum has 2 new exhibits that she is crazy excited about: Barbie and Bob the Builder. I mean really, those are pretty good exhibits for a 4 year old girl. We had been to the Barbie exhibit once before around Christmas time, but the Bob the Builder one JUST opened this month. I could barely keep up with her as she scurried around it. I snapped a few pictures with my phone, so they are terrible quality and blurry, but they give you an idea of what it was.

We had a super fun morning and I am SO glad that I fought the urge to stay in.

Do you have to push yourself to do things that you know you'll be glad you did in the long run?

I finally bought one

I finally bought one.

A Neti Pot, that is. (Sexy, huh?)

I broke to the pressure. So many people (Dr. Oz!) swear by them if you have sinus infection problems, which I do. Click here to read an article called "Do Neti Pots Really Work?" The jury is still out here.

A couple years ago, I had an ongoing sinus infection for about five months (!). The antibiotics would work and then a week later, the infection would be back. I had a CT done of my sinus' and saw an ENT. No fun. Since then, I always request a specific antibiotic that seems to work the best. Augmentin, if anyone is curious.

Fast forward to today. I have a cold. At least I think that is all it is so far. It isn't bad enough to call the doctor yet, but it is ALL in my sinus area. Matt has almost the same thing but his isn't nearly as bad. My purchase of the neti pot is to hopefully keep the infection at bay and get better faster. I used it this afternoon for the first time. Weird. It just isn't natural to pour junk up your nose. I did it on one side of my nose first, and that was a little awkward. But the package said to do it on both sides, so I did, and the second side went smoother. But it sure does feel weird. It doesn't hurt, but it's still weird.

So, here's to it working and making me a believer!! Cheers!

President's Day

Remember Weekly Reader from elementary school? A age-appropriate newspaper that often focused on current events. As a teacher, I had a subscription for my class of Scholastic News. The other popular one now is Time for Kids.

Well, Abby's preschool gets to do these occasionally. Theirs are designed for preschoolers. The most recent one that she brought home was all about President's Day. They had some interesting facts about George Washington and Abe Lincoln. On the back, it talked about how Abe Lincoln used to keep important things in his tall hat. It then asked the kids what they would keep in their hat, should they have one. I think their teacher must have asked them and then wrote down what each child said. Too funny.

Here is Abby's:

Cute, right? But, an egg?????!! What in the world?

Creation Month at Preschool

Abby made this at Preschool. Cool, huh?